Speakers intention in making an utterance, and intended accomplishment

Perlocution

Effect of the act on the hearer.

Appropriateness Conditions

Conventions that regulate the interpretation under which an utterance serves as a particular speech act, such as a question, promise, or invitation.

Speech Act

An action carried out through language, such as promising, lying, and greeting.

Maxim of Quantity

Speakers are expected to give as much info as is necessary for their interlocutors to understand their utterances, but give no more info than is necessary.

Maxim of Relevance

Speakers organize their utterances in such a way that they are relevant to the ongoing context.

Maxim of Manner

People follow a set of miscellaneous rules. "Be orderly and clear"

Maxim of Quality

"Be truthful". Speakers are expected to say only what they believe to be true and to have evidence for what they say.

Cooperative Principle

Four maxims that describe how language users cooperate in producing and understanding utterances in contest: quantity, quality, relevance, orderliness

Appropriateness Condition

Conventions that regulate the interpretation under which an utterance serves as a particular speech act, such as a question, promise, or invitation.

Propositional content condition

words of the sentence be conventionally associated with the intended speech act and convey the content of the act. Location must exhibit conventionally acceptable words for effecting the particular speech act.

Preparatory Condition

conventionally recognized context in which the speech act is embedded.

Sincerity Condition

speaker must be sincere in uttering the declaration.

Essential Condition

the involved parties all intend the result.

Indirect Speech Act

Utterance whose location (literal meaning) and illocution (intended meaning) are different.
"Can you pass the salt?" Uttered as a request or polite directive.